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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Require the Public Utilities Commission To Permit the Public Advocate To Access Certain Information Related to a Management Audit’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1.  35-A MRSA §113, sub-§5  is enacted to read:
 
5.  Public Advocate; access to information.     Throughout the course of a management audit performed pursuant to this section, the commission, upon request of the Public Advocate, shall:
 
A.  Permit the Public Advocate to access information supplied by a public utility to the auditor and information supplied by the auditor to the commission; and
 
B. Provide the Public Advocate the opportunity to comment on information received under this subsection.’
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the bill and changes the title. The amendment requires the Public Utilities Commission, upon request of the Public Advocate, to permit the Public Advocate to access certain information in connection with a management audit of a public utility and to provide the Public Advocate the opportunity to comment on information received.